Departmental and legal advice both showed the robo-debt scheme was unlawful – but once Scott Morrison had seen the proposal, he wouldn’t give up on it.
State governments are passing draconian laws that are turning environmental groups away from direct action, as climate change makes their campaigns more urgent than ever.
The trial of Bruce Lehrmann has closed on conflicting accounts of the night that Brittany Higgins alleges she was raped at Parliament House, and the response of senior ministers.
Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins gave emotional testimony in the first days of the trial of her alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann, whose defence focused on ‘massive inconsistencies’ in her version of events.
As Optus scrambles to explain how data from millions of users could have been stolen, it is also clear that federal data retention laws contributed to the build-up of vulnerable information.
The attorney-general is reviewing an expansion of surveillance powers, as a former security monitor says senior law enforcement personnel should be sacked for persistent breaches.
